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Educa. tion. Who’s right. and. w ho’s wrong?. Is Education a ticket to a better life?. What is the motivation behind pursuing an Education ?. To what extent do we take the opportunities that Education gives us?. Australia . Guinea Bissau . Guinea Bissau.

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Educa

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  1. Educa tion

  2. Who’s right and who’s wrong?

  3. IsEducationa ticket to a better life?

  4. What is the motivation behind pursuing an Education?

  5. To what extent do we take the opportunities that Education gives us?

  6. Australia Guinea Bissau

  7. Guinea Bissau Guinea Bissau is one of the five poorest countries in the world. Its population was over 1.58 million in 2008 and still grows. The Prime minister is Carlos Gomes Junior. Portuguese is the official language but African languages are widely spoken. Its capital city is called Bissau.

  8. Guinea Bissau In 1999 58% of boys and 32% of girls were in school. ( prep-year 12) More boys are in school because they are considered more valuable than girls. Girls usually stay at home cooking and cleaning. Once the boys grow up into men, they leave home with all their education and don’t come back.

  9. Australia Australia is a developed country. Its population was over21,874,900in 2009. Australia has 6 states and 2 territories. The Prime minister is Julia Gillard. The capital city is called Canberra. English is the official language of Australia

  10. Australia Australian children have to go to school for a minimum of 10 years. Only 1% of kids a don’t got to school in Australia. Boys are 30% more likely to fail or drop out of school than girls. Girls are more likely to do homework.

  11. Two girls, same age 11 years two different lives...

  12. Emma Leena

  13. Leena was born in Guinea-Bissau; she’s denied a lot of very basic needs and suffers very horrible circumstances. Leena has a life expectancy of 51 years.

  14. Emma is an educated child who is healthy and fit. Emma has never seen poverty or experienced starvation.

  15. The earliest Leena would have been able to learn to read would be when she was seven years old.

  16. Emma would be taught to read by her parents almost as soon as she could start to talk.

  17. Because Leena can’t have a thorough education she can’t get a well paid job. She is suffering from malnutrition and dehydration. When Leena gets married and has children, her children have a high chance of disease and deformity.

  18. Is education a ticket to a better life?

  19. Is education a ticket to a better life? Yes

  20. Bibliography • Education statistics: Guinea-Bissa May 2008, UNICEF, Division of Policy and Practice, Statistics and Monitoring Section, accessed 23 June 2011, <http://www.childinfo.org/files/WCAR_Guinea_Bissau.pdf>. • Schools, Australia, 2010 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 21/02/2011 , Australian Bureau of Statistics, accessed 23 June 2011, <http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/lookup/4221.0Main+Features42010?OpenDocument>. • Guinea-Bissau - An Introduction World Education Network 2009 , Guinea-Bissaueducation.info , accessed 23 June 2011, <http://guinea-bissaueducation.info/>. • At a glance: Guinea-Bissau 4 March 2008, Unite for children , accessed 23 June 2011, <http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/guineabissau_43069.html>.

  21. Biblioigraphy • Guinea-Bissau Creole 21 June 2011 At 12:05., Wikipedia, accessed 23 June 2011, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau_Creole>. • Guinea-Bissau - Education 2011, Encyclopedia of the Nations, accessed 23 June 2011, <http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Guinea-Bissau-EDUCATION.html>. • Guinea-Bissa- Education 2011, Encyclopedia of the Nations, accessed 23 June 2011, . 2011, Amnesty International Australia , accessed 23 June 2011, <http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR30/003/2010/en>.

  22. By Candace Hewitt-Thomas, Lily Orton, Vanessa Bradbury and Jessie Glassock

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